Fifteen Years by Kendra Norman-Bellamy

Author:Kendra Norman-Bellamy [Norman-Bellamy, Kendra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-57567-875-7
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2010-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

THE RIDE TO Stone Mountain Park was relatively short in distance, but it took Josiah and Patrice nearly forty minutes to get there. Patrice insisted on taking the scenic route, and between telling him how much she loved his car, Patrice showed Josiah all of the things that had changed in the fifteen years that he’d been away from metropolitan Atlanta.

She seemed particularly excited to show him a subdivision called Shelton Heights. The houses there were beautiful, but according to Patrice, there was a legend surrounding the community, and bizarre things had been known to happen to many of the people who lived there. Josiah laughed, but he had to admit that the stories she shared with him seemed too much like true to life to be coincidental.

He sped past the community as quickly as he could. No sense in taking chances. His life had been difficult enough as it was.

When they finally arrived at the mountain, Josiah navigated his car into the parking area located on Studdard Road and quickly unfastened his seatbelt. Only two other cars were parked in the single row of spaces. With many of the area residents at work or at school, the park Patrice had chosen was completely vacant. It seemed that most people who were at Stone Mountain Park at this time of day were there to exercise on the walking trail that encircled the whole base of Stone Mountain itself.

“You’re such a gentleman, JT,” Patrice said as he held the passenger door open for her to climb out.

Josiah shrugged as he tried to look at anything except Patrice’s flawless legs that had clearly been shaven and moisturized recently The overhead sun seemed to glisten off of her polished skin. “I had a good teacher,” he said as he opened the trunk to grab the picnic basket. “I remember the day that Daddy taught the art of door-opening to me and that other kid that was living with us at the time.” He squinted as he tried to remember the older boy’s name. He’d only lived with them for a few weeks before being turned over to a relative who lived somewhere out west.

“Which other boy?” Patrice asked. “With as many children as came through that house, you’ll have to be more specific than that.”

“I know.” He slammed the trunk and motioned for Patrice to lead the way. “I can’t remember his name, but he lied a lot.”

Patrice grunted. “You’re gonna have to narrow it down some more.”

Josiah watched the sway of her hips as she moved in front of him. He blinked twice and turned his head so that he looked at nearby bushes, hoping to spot something more interesting than Patrice’s hourglass figure. “He was kinda short,” Josiah said. “He used to always claim that he knew superstars.”

“Lionel Washington,” Patrice said.

Josiah laughed. “Yeah, that’s him. Lying Washington … that should have been his nickname. Remember how he used to say his daddy was in show business, and he had met all these stars and stuff?”

“Yeah.

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